obnubilate
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daily_wordsobnubilate
PRONUNCIATION:
(ob-NOO-buh-layt, -NYOO-)
MEANING:
verb tr.: To cloud over, obscure, or darken.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin obnubilare (to darken or obscure), from ob- (in the way) + nubilare (to be cloudy), from nubes (cloud). The word nuance is also a derivative of nubes.
PRONUNCIATION:
(ob-NOO-buh-layt, -NYOO-)
MEANING:
verb tr.: To cloud over, obscure, or darken.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin obnubilare (to darken or obscure), from ob- (in the way) + nubilare (to be cloudy), from nubes (cloud). The word nuance is also a derivative of nubes.
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Date: 2010-12-28 08:03 pm (UTC)Nubes just sounds dirty.
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Date: 2010-12-28 08:30 pm (UTC)Watch "A Walk in the Clouds"! Keanu Reeves pretends he can show emotion!
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Date: 2010-12-28 11:01 pm (UTC)I suppose it did spawn the word nebula, which rocks imo.